In the context, Paul was approached by gentiles, begging that Paul would preach the gospel to them. He directed the to reconvened the following sabbath to hear the preaching.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., Bauer, W., & Gingrich, F. W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., p. 991). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

... is there any chance that τεταγμένοι refers to that arrangement? "those who had been directed [to reconvene] believed into everlasting life"?

Alternatively, since usage #2 is "to give instructions as to what must be done" might it read:

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul], believed - into everlasting life"

Or perhaps,

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul] to everlasting life, believed"

?

Re: Acts 13:48 - is there any merit to these readings?

Posted: February 24th, 2019, 6:37 pm

by Robert Emil Berge

No, why would you think something like that? The meaning is clear and obvious here. You shouln't take the different meanings of words in the dictionary and try to force them into different contexts. You should try to get a feeling for the fields of meaning the words cover, and then use that in each case to come to the specific meaning there.

Re: Acts 13:48 - is there any merit to these readings?

Posted: February 25th, 2019, 1:36 am

by Robert Emil Berge

I'm sorry, reading my answer again, I realize it might seem like I think you are silly to question how the words are used in this way. That's not what I meant. I am curious about why you think your alternatives could be better than the normal translation.

Re: Acts 13:48 - is there any merit to these readings?

In the context, Paul was approached by gentiles, begging that Paul would preach the gospel to them. He directed the to reconvened the following sabbath to hear the preaching.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., Bauer, W., & Gingrich, F. W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., p. 991). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

... is there any chance that τεταγμένοι refers to that arrangement? "those who had been directed [to reconvene] believed into everlasting life"?

Alternatively, since usage #2 is "to give instructions as to what must be done" might it read:

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul], believed - into everlasting life"

Or perhaps,

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul] to everlasting life, believed"

No. It is quite clear that the prepositional phrase εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον modifies τεταγμένοι. Notice that they are are already on the day that was appointed from earlier, so that is to distant from the context to make any sense.

Re: Acts 13:48 - is there any merit to these readings?

In the context, Paul was approached by gentiles, begging that Paul would preach the gospel to them. He directed the to reconvened the following sabbath to hear the preaching.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., Bauer, W., & Gingrich, F. W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., p. 991). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

... is there any chance that τεταγμένοι refers to that arrangement? "those who had been directed [to reconvene] believed into everlasting life"?

Alternatively, since usage #2 is "to give instructions as to what must be done" might it read:

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul], believed - into everlasting life"

Or perhaps,

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul] to everlasting life, believed"

No. It is quite clear that the prepositional phrase εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον modifies τεταγμένοι. Notice that they are are already on the day that was appointed from earlier, so that is to distant from the context to make any sense.

Thanks. What about the last suggestion, then?:

"and as many as had been directed [by Paul] to everlasting life, believed"

IE: Following usage #2: "to give instructions as to what must be done"

Here I'm not suggesting a novel grammatical relationship, only taking the sense from "had been appointed [by God]" to "had been directed [by Paul]".

Disclaimer:

By the way, my "bias", in case it is of interest, is that I do believe in election because it is clearly taught in Romans 9-11 but my take is that the election refers specifically to the Jewish remnant. So Acts 13:48 kind of sticks in my craw since it refers to gentiles. Not that God isn't in control of everything but because I don't see gentile election specifically taught and so this inference seems orphaned to me.